2007 Havlick Award and Muehlenbeck Award Winners Announced

The Alliance for Innovation, formerly the Innovation Groups, received 90 impressive nominations this year for the J. Robert Havlick Innovation in Local Government Award and the Thomas H. Muehlenbeck Award for Excellence in Local Government. These prestigious awards are presented annually to further encourage innovation and recognize excellence in local government.
Congratulations to the 2007 winners for their outstanding achievements.

1 July 2007

The Alliance for Innovation, formerly the Innovation Groups, received 90 impressive nominations this year for the J. Robert Havlick Innovation in Local Government Award and the Thomas H. Muehlenbeck Award for Excellence in Local Government. These prestigious awards are presented annually to further encourage innovation and recognize excellence in local government.
Congratulations to the 2007 winners for their outstanding achievements.

In April, the awards committee selected eCityGov Alliance, a consortium of cities in the King County, WA area, as the winner of the 2007 Havlick Award and Catawba County, NC as the winner of the Muehlenbeck Award.

eCityGov Alliance (WA) - J. Robert Havlick Innovation in Local Government Award.
The eCityGov Alliance has developed and implemented a multi-agency governance and service delivery model that shatters traditional service delivery silos between departments and across agency boundaries. eCityGov Alliance services exploit technology to align best practices across agencies that result in seamless, consistent, high-value service for citizens and businesses. Their model goes beyond the ability to provide services on-line by recognizing and embracing Internet service technologies as a means to change the way local governments provide service.

Catawba County, NC – Thomas H. Muehlenbeck Award for Excellence in Local Government.
Catawba County is being recognized for their Regional EcoComplex and Resource Recovery Facility. The county’s innovative EcoComplex is designed to promote economic development and create new jobs in the green energy, green business, agricultural, and environmental sectors. The EcoComplex will accommodate research involving all aspects related to biologically-derived energy recovery and utilization as well as the research of alternative fuels and minimization of greenhouse gases for environmental, agricultural, and energy use.

Congratulations also to the following Alliance for Innovation members who earned Outstanding Achievement in Innovation Awards:

Johnson County, KS for Mobile Election Notification

Las Vegas, NV for Batteries Included: Born with the Power to Change the World

Orange County, FL for The Club - A Comprehensive Youth Recreation Program

Sarasota County, FL for Roadmap to Sustainability

Virginia Beach, VA for Public Voices on Redevelopment

Beverly Hills, CA for BH Campus

Hampton, VA for Hampton Citizens’ Unity Commission

Johnson City, TN for Up and at ‘Em

Lawrence, KS for Wastewater Management System

Miami Beach, FL for Public Area Cleanliness

Yuma, AZ for Yuma – A Community of Master Thinkers™

Coconino County, AZ for The Coconino Rural Environment Corps

Annually, the awards are bestowed upon innovations that successfully and creatively address important public service dilemmas and positively impact their communities. The awards were presented during the Transforming Local Government conference in Bellevue, WA to recognize members who have shown tremendous commitment to bringing innovative ideas to life.

A special thank you to all the nominees for sharing their innovative and resourceful products, projects, programs and services!

For more information on the awards program, please visit the Alliance’s website or email Jim Ingram at jingram@transformgov.org.